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?When the concert was over and
Rhe pianist was driving along the
- B roud to the Burnham inn,
where'he wax to spend the night, he
wentured to ask his host of the
mning if he had enjoved the play
dng. “You did first rate,” Mr. Burn-
Jam told him. “That's my opinion.
“Yes,” he went on after n minute,
:a':u certainly did first rate. You
wed power and stren'th beyood
anything 1 éver expected to listen
o, ¢hd vou was lightning quick into
the bargain. Anybody that heard
you could tell you'd worked hard
and long and steady to get your
trade. But I tell ye who else had
ought to have some credit-—that’s
the man that made the piuno you
played on, "Tuin’t every instrument
that would stand the strain you put
o= it, not by a good deal. 1 should
«zll it the praise ought to he di
vided pretty even betwist ye.” «=
Youth’s Companion.
Carving Scissors. :
*“l thought 1 kuew a!l about scls
eors.” suid the mun, *1 had seen tall
ors’ scissors for cutting heavy clotn
dressiaakers’ sclssors for cutting tlinsy
fabrics and lace and still other scissors
for cutting paper, tinger nalls grape
vinen, all kinds of wetals and even for
shearing sheep, but in xpite of that
wide knowledge of scissors 1 was puz
wled when 1 saw the lurge. peculiarly
shaped palr of scissors lying in the
showcase. :
**What are theee scissors for? 1
asked the clerk,
«*Carving meat,’ he sald. Witk
w@cissors o ‘his kind carving hecomes
were child's play.’ i
“<] never saw anybody use them,’
waid 1.
“+Nobody does use them,’ said th
wierk—'that is, only a very tew. In
Europe carviug scissors are popular
Secause they cut right through meat.
gristle, hone and all, but it takes a
dittle practice to learn to' manipulate
ghe things. and nobody iu this ccuutry
dbas patience e:wugh for meat.’'”—Ex
-aghange. '
- Abating a Nuisance.
The Langworths lived in a corner
4house w easily nccessible from the
‘street that they were constantly an
-moved by persons ringing to ask
-ashere other possible inhabitants of
#4hat block were to be found. Final
-Iy, goaded to desperation by these
anterruptions, the fumily bay at
dempted to put a stop to the nui
|ance.
“]. guess,® raid he complacently
*‘there won’t be any more folks ask
ang if the Browns, the Biddles or
the Hansons live in this house. I've
Hixed ’em.”
*“What have you done?” qu¢ried
“Mrs. Langworth. :
“Hung out a sign.”
“And what did you print on it,
%addie ?” '
“Just five words,” replied Harold
gproudly, ‘Nobody lives here byt
-us.” ”—Lippincott’s.
The Elusive Chuckwalla.
The chuckwalla is one of the most
interesting of the crentures tn be
Found In southern CalMornia’s great
desert. The chuckwalla seeks to es
cape his adversary by c¢vawling into a
«revice of & rock so narroav that it
wseems impossible to get him out. Du!
4he Indians Lave learned all his tricks
and how tu circumvent them. To the
desert aborigine the chuckwalla is al
“faring. He fessts on the chuckwalla:
tence he grows wise as to its habits.
e takes a plece of strong wire or &
dent twig, and, poking it jnto the erev
‘dce, he taps the chuckwallaon'the end
«of the nose. In’a moment the angered.
reptile exhales a kind of hiss, the
mnoise being made by a rapid expulsion
of the breath. As he thus exhales he
qoses his hold on the rocks., and fa &
mmoment the Indian pulls on his tall
As speedily as a flash of lightnlng tlie
chuckwalla inhales again and tightens
timself in his recess. Another tap or
tds nouse and then exhelatica: another
pull, arother exhalation—so it soes un
-41 at last the Indien has him in hand.
Then he cocks him.—Suburban Life.
Depth at Which Miners Can Work,
Below fifty feet the temperature
¢lses in the proportion of one degree
for every sixty-five feet of depth ex:
cept where cerrents of water carr,\"
4he heat away. The result is that at & ‘
depth es about 4.000 feet we reach a
temperature of 98 degrees. er Llood
heat. This renders 1t exceedingly dif
ficult to work coal rits below that
depth. This is ¢he reason that Great‘
Britaln’s coal commission decided that
mines are not workable below 4,000
~feet,
The thickness of ihe solid rocks
dullding up the crust of the earth is at
least thirty to forty miles. At that
depth the beat 18 such 28 would reduce
everything on the surface of the earth
%o liquid. But the pressure of the over
-Iylng rocks is so great that until the
oelation of the heat to the pressure is
Emown it cannot be said whetlier the
eartd at that depth is fluld or solid.~
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T. S. HEYWARD, ‘ice P:es, J. F. WILLIAMS, Secty.
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The Heward-filliams Co.,
Incorporated. .- . . CAplar Slock §E¢,OOO.OO
COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MER
CHANTS. :
120 Bay St. East,Savannah Ga.
Bagging And Ties At Attractive Prices; Now
Ready er Shipment.
' fcers of this Compm y sre veterans in the
cotton business. It’s facilities for selling and handling
cotton can not be matched.
“MOST PROGRESSIVE COMMISSION MERCH
ANTS IN THE SOUTH, in handling of Upland Bea
Islard, Flarodora, and Egyptian Cottons. :
CORRESPONDENTS INVITED.
| FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS
Liberal Advances. : Quick Retuvirs
Don’t Run
The risk of losing your rights bv net having
yeur Deeds and Mortgagés on Receord.
- “Every Deed " Conveying Land
Should be Recorded in the office es the
Clerk of the Superior Courtoef the County
where the”land lies.” " Record “'may bet
made 3t any time. but such deed loses its
prierity ever a subsequent recorded deed
from the same vendor.-=Section 36; 18.
“Mortgages en realty must be recorded
in tte county where he land lies;: en per
sonalty, in he coeunty ‘where the mertgager
residesat time es execution.”-Sectien 27, 26
I wiil re-record at half price any deed
recerded in the old ceunties. , "
Yours for protection, -7
R J. H-RRINGTON
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FON . Tie EACTORY 10 YOV
35,000 CHAIRS
AT MANUFACTURERS' COST
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Look Listen.
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‘'We invite the public to stop at our Store ‘
loek at our Geods, and listén' it our prices.
We guarantee to sell you goods as cheap as
you can buy them any where, considering the
quality.
Our Furniiure
is stacked from .the floor to the ceiling, anld is the nest
- assorted stock ~ver shown in Hazlehurxt, consisting of
‘ : : varry Fenl 20 ooy 2 B
; QaK and Iren: Beds, Mat.
~ tresses, Springs, Chairs,
t Room Suits, Odd
E : Dressers & Wash
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' Stands.
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' Center Table, Dining Safes, Etc.
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| and we are selling them just as cheap as they possibly
| can be sold. Let us know your wants in furniture be
. fore buying.
l The Famous Red Seal Shoes.
A complete steck now on our shelf, just arrived a few
days age. You should patronize home industry Red
‘Sesls are made in Georgia. and are made good. too.
| The Red Seal Shoe Factary will give away 100
I pairs of shees this year for a record of longzest service.
Buy yeur next pair from us, try your luck fora new
i puir free. :
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Shild Brend Clthing
I We have just received and marked up one -of the
nicest lines of Men’s and Boy’s Custom Made Cloth
ing ever shown in Hazlehurst. The price is-printed en
each _S.h‘ield Brand Suit, and you knp)v at a glance what
. a suitis ‘worth. Prices range from 'slo.oo to $15.00, no
lmore or less. LA
We also carry a goed line of Ilats, Staple Notions,
Dry Goods, Crockery, Tin and Enamel Ware, Trunks,
Bags. Etc.-
} Call en us when in town, make our stere
{ headquarters; and remember, if you are
' looking for both quality and quantity, it will
pay you to see us.
: H. COOK & SON.